The Original Soul Vegetarian

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 24, 2018
• address203-205 E 75Th St, Chicago 60619

Is The Original Soul Vegetarian clean?

The Original Soul Vegetarian is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 24, 2018. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at The Original Soul Vegetarian?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • 2-102.14(N) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-012(A)
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP POLICY. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • 3-302.12 OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • 3-304.14(B)(1) OBSERVED SOILED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON PREP TABLES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11(B) OBSERVED DAMAGED GASKETS ON TWO-DOOR COOLER NEXT TO WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR GASKETS AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(B)(C) OBSERVED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON COOKING EQUIPMENT, PREP TABLES, HOLDING UNITS, SHELVING UNITS, ETC. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.11 OBSERVED SEVERAL OPENINGS IN WALLS, AND CEILINGS IN HALLWAY, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO SEAL ALL OPENINGS AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11(A) OBSERVED DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AND UTENSIL STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELDS.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • 6-202.11(A) OBSERVED DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELDS IN PREP AND UTENSIL STORAGE AREAS. MUST REPLACE ALL DAMAGED LIGHT SHIELDS.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • PA 100-0367 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING. ALL CERTIFIED MANAGERS MUST PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was The Original Soul Vegetarian last inspected?

The Original Soul Vegetarian has 18 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Original Soul Vegetarian vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 64% clean across 489 tracked restaurants — 312 clean, 67 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 489 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 24, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.